For Terry McDonagh, poetry is not about pomp or prestige, but about connection - between poet and reader, between speaker and ...

Why do we turn to poetry? Ask a hundred people and you'll get a hundred answers. Still, the underlying thread of truth is ...

As part of Poetry Day Ireland 2025, twelve poems have been selected following a national call out to respond to this year's ...

Seamus Heaney was born on this day, April 13, 1939, in Castledawson in Co Derry. What better way to celebrate the famous Irish poet's life than by revisiting his "When All The Others Were Away at ...

Ireland is being represented at the multilingual Printemps des Poètes-Luxembourg Poetry Festival for the first time by ...

Leeds Irish Health and Homes (LIHH) is an organisation serving the various needs of the city’s Irish community since 1996, ...

Roscommon poet, Jane Clarke will represent Ireland at the Spring Festival of Poetry in Luxembourg this weekend, April 25th – ...